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enhttp://ualrpublicradio.org/feeds/term/48/rss.xmlArkansas Science Museum Honored During White House Ceremonyhttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/arkansas-science-museum-honored-during-white-house-ceremony
<p>The Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs was one of 10 museums and libraries nationwide honored during a ceremony Wednesday at the White House. It received a medal for community service, which is the highest award given to such institutions in the U.S.</p><p>In particular, Janelle Brevard with the Institute of Museum and Library Services touted the work of former volunteer and employee Casey Wylie as the award was presented.</p>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:33:19 +0000Michael Hibblen59954 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgArkansas Science Museum Honored During White House CeremonyArkansas Arts Center $37 Million Bond Campaign Launcheshttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/arkansas-arts-center-37-million-bond-campaign-launches
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Backers of a bond issue to revamp the Arkansas Arts Center and also the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History and MacArthur Park launched their campaign Tuesday. Revenue from a two-cent hotel tax was passed by city officials last November for renovations and will be pledged to $37.5 million in bonds if passed in a special election February 9.</span></p><p>Gary Smith chairs the Committee For Arts and History behind the campaign effort. He told onlookers at the Arts Center that upgrades are in need.</p>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 05:25:09 +0000Jacob Kauffman52869 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgArkansas Arts Center $37 Million Bond Campaign LaunchesWorld War II Tugboat Joins Arkansas Inland Maritime Museumhttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/world-war-ii-tugboat-joins-arkansas-inland-maritime-museum
<p></p><p></p><p>The Hoga, a World War II tugboat, became the newest addition to the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum Monday, two weeks before the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.</p><p></p><p>Ship horns greeted the arrival of the boat, officially classified a Navy yard tug. “That is our honorary submarine welcoming our lovely tugboat,” said Allison Hibblong, the museum’s director of operations.</p>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:22:22 +0000David Monteith51020 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgWorld War II Tugboat Joins Arkansas Inland Maritime MuseumMarshals Museum Increases Budget For Coin Marketinghttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/marshals-museum-increases-budget-coin-marketing
<p>Officials with the U.S. Marshals Museum have increased the budget to market new commemorative coins designed to raise money for the facility in Fort Smith.</p><p>The museum's finance committee voted Tuesday to increase the coin budget from $35,000 to $112,400. The three commemorative coins from the U.S. Mint are set to go on sale next year.</p><p>The Southwest Times Record reports that the increased budget will provide more money for advertising and promotion of the coins. The three coins mark the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Marshals Service.</p>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:50:38 +0000Associated Press31343 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgMarshals Museum Increases Budget For Coin MarketingU.S. Marshals Museum To Break Ground In Fort Smith http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/us-marshals-museum-break-ground-fort-smith
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Ground will be broken Wednesday in Fort Smith for the long-anticipated U.S. Marshals Museum. The Western Arkansas city was chosen out of a sixteen city national competition.</span></p><p>This groundbreaking ceremony coincides with the 225<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the U.S. Marshals Service, an appropriate match considering Fort Smith is a venerated place in the Service’s history.</p><p>Jim Dunn is president and CEO of the museum. He said the decision was made by the US Marshals Service Director, John Clark. &nbsp;</p>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:37:44 +0000Colleen Mayo30063 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgU.S. Marshals Museum To Break Ground In Fort Smith Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum Sets Reading Club Eventshttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/hemingway-pfeiffer-museum-sets-reading-club-events
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott is to hold a reading event this summer that will include a retreat.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The center announced Tuesday that the event will have a theme centered on the "Lost Generation" of books by American writers who emerged after World War I. They group is closely identified with Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, John Steinbeck and others.</span></p>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:59:16 +0000Associated Press25000 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgArkansas Figures Honored For Preservation Work http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/arkansas-figures-honored-preservation-work
<p>Several Arkansas residents are being honored for their work to preserve cemetery markers.</p><p>The Association for Gravestone Studies is to present merit awards on Thursday to University of Arkansas at Little Rock Professor Johanna Miller Lewis and UA-Fayetteville Professor Kimball Erdman.</p><p>They're being honored for preserving the cemetery at the former Japanese internment camp at Rohwer in southeast Arkansas.</p><p>Carla Hines Coleman and Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis are receiving the same award for efforts to preserve African-American cemeteries.</p>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:26:35 +0000Associated Press15517 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgHemingway-Pfeiffer Museum Presented With $100,000 http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/hemingway-pfeiffer-museum-presented-100000
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Arkansas state Sen. Robert Thompson has presented a check for $100,000 to Arkansas State University officials to support the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in </span>Piggott<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> includes a barn-studio associated with writer Ernest Hemingway and the family home of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, whose parents owned the home and the barn on the property.</span></p>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:54:19 +0000Associated Press14016 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgLittle Rock Museums Host Big Boo Bash Thursday Nighthttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/little-rock-museums-host-big-boo-bash-thursday-night
<p>The 18th annual Big Boo-seum Bash will take place Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. It's being hosted by the Greater Little Rock Museum Consortium and hosted by the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau.</p><p>There will be games, story-telling, candy, and fun. The event will be held at nine different museums in Little Rock.</p>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:40:28 +0000Sheila Clark13400 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgNational Historic Sites Reopen Across Arkansashttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/national-historic-sites-reopen-across-arkansas
<p>Hundreds of federal employees who work at agencies across Arkansas returned to their jobs Thursday, after being furloughed.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Some workers, particularly those who oversee National Park Service sites in the state, had been off the job for 16 days due to the partial government shutdown.</span></p>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:48:17 +0000Malcolm Glover13010 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgNational Historic Sites Reopen Across Arkansas